India: Helping Mummy

His brother Sanjay would have favored a big celebration, but Rajiv
Gandhi, 36, is more modest. The hurrahs were subdued last week after the eldest
son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhiand the grandson of Jawaharlal
Nehruwon a landslide by-election victory and captured the
parliamentary seat vacated as a result of Sanjay's death last June.
Wearing the white homespun kurta-pajama favored by Indian politicians,
Rajiv met simply with a few friends and reporters at his mother's
house, where he lives.